3356.     ---------------.  [TECHNICAL OIL MISSION.]  Thermodynamics of the Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis.  TOM Reel 134, Item Ib-2; Bureau of Mines Transl., February 1947, pp. 9-31; TOM Reel 259, item 16.

        Theoretically obtainable yields at equilibrium for the synthesis of butane and octane from CO and H₂ were computed by standard thermodynamic methods.  The effect of variations of temperature, pressure, and synthesis-gas composition on the theoretical yield were investigated.